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<caption class="r systemtitle">Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits <br></br> Table 61. <br></br> Medical decisions at the initial adjudicative level, by year of application and program, 2008�2017</caption>
 
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<th rowspan="2">Year</th>
<th colspan="3">All decisions</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for Social Security only</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for both Social Security and SSI</th>
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<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a,b</sup> (percent)</th>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">All&nbsp;disabled&nbsp;beneficiaries</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      47,243</td>
<td class="r data">      11,807</td>
<td class="r data">    25.0</td>
<td class="r data">      19,434</td>
<td class="r data">       6,182</td>
<td class="r data">    31.8</td>
<td class="r data">      27,809</td>
<td class="r data">       5,625</td>
<td class="r data">    20.2</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      53,646</td>
<td class="r data">      13,164</td>
<td class="r data">    24.5</td>
<td class="r data">      22,887</td>
<td class="r data">       7,198</td>
<td class="r data">    31.5</td>
<td class="r data">      30,759</td>
<td class="r data">       5,966</td>
<td class="r data">    19.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      55,294</td>
<td class="r data">      12,218</td>
<td class="r data">    22.1</td>
<td class="r data">      24,067</td>
<td class="r data">       6,729</td>
<td class="r data">    28.0</td>
<td class="r data">      31,227</td>
<td class="r data">       5,489</td>
<td class="r data">    17.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      53,492</td>
<td class="r data">      10,867</td>
<td class="r data">    20.3</td>
<td class="r data">      23,756</td>
<td class="r data">       6,239</td>
<td class="r data">    26.3</td>
<td class="r data">      29,736</td>
<td class="r data">       4,628</td>
<td class="r data">    15.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      50,354</td>
<td class="r data">       9,645</td>
<td class="r data">    19.2</td>
<td class="r data">      22,435</td>
<td class="r data">       5,639</td>
<td class="r data">    25.1</td>
<td class="r data">      27,919</td>
<td class="r data">       4,006</td>
<td class="r data">    14.3</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      44,313</td>
<td class="r data">       8,280</td>
<td class="r data">    18.7</td>
<td class="r data">      20,282</td>
<td class="r data">       4,836</td>
<td class="r data">    23.8</td>
<td class="r data">      24,031</td>
<td class="r data">       3,444</td>
<td class="r data">    14.3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      40,042</td>
<td class="r data">       7,291</td>
<td class="r data">    18.2</td>
<td class="r data">      19,555</td>
<td class="r data">       4,410</td>
<td class="r data">    22.6</td>
<td class="r data">      20,487</td>
<td class="r data">       2,881</td>
<td class="r data">    14.1</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      36,755</td>
<td class="r data">       6,897</td>
<td class="r data">    18.8</td>
<td class="r data">      18,464</td>
<td class="r data">       4,330</td>
<td class="r data">    23.5</td>
<td class="r data">      18,291</td>
<td class="r data">       2,567</td>
<td class="r data">    14.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">      34,012</td>
<td class="r data">       6,379</td>
<td class="r data">    18.8</td>
<td class="r data">      17,260</td>
<td class="r data">       3,960</td>
<td class="r data">    22.9</td>
<td class="r data">      16,752</td>
<td class="r data">       2,419</td>
<td class="r data">    14.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">      31,097</td>
<td class="r data">       6,003</td>
<td class="r data">    19.3</td>
<td class="r data">      16,071</td>
<td class="r data">       3,786</td>
<td class="r data">    23.6</td>
<td class="r data">      15,026</td>
<td class="r data">       2,217</td>
<td class="r data">    14.8</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Workers</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      46,700</td>
<td class="r data">      11,507</td>
<td class="r data">    24.6</td>
<td class="r data">      18,992</td>
<td class="r data">       5,901</td>
<td class="r data">    31.1</td>
<td class="r data">      27,708</td>
<td class="r data">       5,606</td>
<td class="r data">    20.2</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      53,122</td>
<td class="r data">      12,871</td>
<td class="r data">    24.2</td>
<td class="r data">      22,493</td>
<td class="r data">       6,931</td>
<td class="r data">    30.8</td>
<td class="r data">      30,629</td>
<td class="r data">       5,940</td>
<td class="r data">    19.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      54,790</td>
<td class="r data">      11,937</td>
<td class="r data">    21.8</td>
<td class="r data">      23,693</td>
<td class="r data">       6,466</td>
<td class="r data">    27.3</td>
<td class="r data">      31,097</td>
<td class="r data">       5,471</td>
<td class="r data">    17.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      52,958</td>
<td class="r data">      10,527</td>
<td class="r data">    19.9</td>
<td class="r data">      23,329</td>
<td class="r data">       5,924</td>
<td class="r data">    25.4</td>
<td class="r data">      29,629</td>
<td class="r data">       4,603</td>
<td class="r data">    15.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      49,689</td>
<td class="r data">       9,166</td>
<td class="r data">    18.4</td>
<td class="r data">      21,875</td>
<td class="r data">       5,177</td>
<td class="r data">    23.7</td>
<td class="r data">      27,814</td>
<td class="r data">       3,989</td>
<td class="r data">    14.3</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      43,767</td>
<td class="r data">       7,879</td>
<td class="r data">    18.0</td>
<td class="r data">      19,819</td>
<td class="r data">       4,451</td>
<td class="r data">    22.5</td>
<td class="r data">      23,948</td>
<td class="r data">       3,428</td>
<td class="r data">    14.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      39,470</td>
<td class="r data">       6,867</td>
<td class="r data">    17.4</td>
<td class="r data">      19,065</td>
<td class="r data">       4,004</td>
<td class="r data">    21.0</td>
<td class="r data">      20,405</td>
<td class="r data">       2,863</td>
<td class="r data">    14.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      36,177</td>
<td class="r data">       6,464</td>
<td class="r data">    17.9</td>
<td class="r data">      17,954</td>
<td class="r data">       3,908</td>
<td class="r data">    21.8</td>
<td class="r data">      18,223</td>
<td class="r data">       2,556</td>
<td class="r data">    14.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">      33,537</td>
<td class="r data">       6,026</td>
<td class="r data">    18.0</td>
<td class="r data">      16,858</td>
<td class="r data">       3,626</td>
<td class="r data">    21.5</td>
<td class="r data">      16,679</td>
<td class="r data">       2,400</td>
<td class="r data">    14.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">      30,592</td>
<td class="r data">       5,626</td>
<td class="r data">    18.4</td>
<td class="r data">      15,621</td>
<td class="r data">       3,422</td>
<td class="r data">    21.9</td>
<td class="r data">      14,971</td>
<td class="r data">       2,204</td>
<td class="r data">    14.7</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Widow(er)s</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">          13</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">    46.2</td>
<td class="r data">           5</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           8</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">          13</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">    46.2</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">          18</td>
<td class="r data">           5</td>
<td class="r data">    27.8</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">          13</td>
<td class="r data">           3</td>
<td class="r data">    23.1</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">           3</td>
<td class="r data">    50.0</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     0.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">          24</td>
<td class="r data">          19</td>
<td class="r data">    79.2</td>
<td class="r data">          21</td>
<td class="r data">          19</td>
<td class="r data">    90.5</td>
<td class="r data">           3</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     0.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">          16</td>
<td class="r data">          15</td>
<td class="r data">    93.8</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">          15</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">    81.8</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">          12</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">    91.7</td>
<td class="r data">          12</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">    91.7</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     0.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">          15</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">    46.7</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">    63.6</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     0.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">          10</td>
<td class="r data">           5</td>
<td class="r data">    50.0</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           5</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Adult&nbsp;children</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">         530</td>
<td class="r data">         294</td>
<td class="r data">    55.5</td>
<td class="r data">         437</td>
<td class="r data">         277</td>
<td class="r data">    63.4</td>
<td class="r data">          93</td>
<td class="r data">          17</td>
<td class="r data">    18.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">         511</td>
<td class="r data">         287</td>
<td class="r data">    56.2</td>
<td class="r data">         388</td>
<td class="r data">         263</td>
<td class="r data">    67.8</td>
<td class="r data">         123</td>
<td class="r data">          24</td>
<td class="r data">    19.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">         486</td>
<td class="r data">         276</td>
<td class="r data">    56.8</td>
<td class="r data">         367</td>
<td class="r data">         260</td>
<td class="r data">    70.8</td>
<td class="r data">         119</td>
<td class="r data">          16</td>
<td class="r data">    13.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">         521</td>
<td class="r data">         337</td>
<td class="r data">    64.7</td>
<td class="r data">         421</td>
<td class="r data">         312</td>
<td class="r data">    74.1</td>
<td class="r data">         100</td>
<td class="r data">          25</td>
<td class="r data">    25.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">         641</td>
<td class="r data">         460</td>
<td class="r data">    71.8</td>
<td class="r data">         539</td>
<td class="r data">         443</td>
<td class="r data">    82.2</td>
<td class="r data">         102</td>
<td class="r data">          17</td>
<td class="r data">    16.7</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">         530</td>
<td class="r data">         386</td>
<td class="r data">    72.8</td>
<td class="r data">         448</td>
<td class="r data">         370</td>
<td class="r data">    82.6</td>
<td class="r data">          82</td>
<td class="r data">          16</td>
<td class="r data">    19.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">         561</td>
<td class="r data">         415</td>
<td class="r data">    74.0</td>
<td class="r data">         480</td>
<td class="r data">         397</td>
<td class="r data">    82.7</td>
<td class="r data">          81</td>
<td class="r data">          18</td>
<td class="r data">    22.2</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">         566</td>
<td class="r data">         422</td>
<td class="r data">    74.6</td>
<td class="r data">         498</td>
<td class="r data">         411</td>
<td class="r data">    82.5</td>
<td class="r data">          68</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">    16.2</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">         460</td>
<td class="r data">         346</td>
<td class="r data">    75.2</td>
<td class="r data">         391</td>
<td class="r data">         327</td>
<td class="r data">    83.6</td>
<td class="r data">          69</td>
<td class="r data">          19</td>
<td class="r data">    27.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         495</td>
<td class="r data">         372</td>
<td class="r data">    75.2</td>
<td class="r data">         443</td>
<td class="r data">         359</td>
<td class="r data">    81.0</td>
<td class="r data">          52</td>
<td class="r data">          13</td>
<td class="r data">    25.0</td>
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<td colspan="10" class="footer">SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. <br></br> NOTES: Data are current through June 2018. <br></br> Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the allowance rate will change over time. <br></br> Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. <br></br> Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. <br></br> SSI = Supplemental Security Income. <br></br> a. Rate determined by dividing medical allowances by all medical decisions for that year. <br></br> b. Rate for the Social Security portion only. <br></br> CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
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